Janis Carter

Born: 1913-10-10

Janis Carter (October 10, 1913 — July 30, 1994) was a film and television actress working in the 1940s and 1950s. After attending Mather College in Cleveland, Ohio, Carter headed to New York in an attempt to start an opera career. Although unsuccessful in opera, she was working on Broadway where she was spotted on stage by Darryl F. Zanuck who signed her to a movie deal. Carter, after moving to Hollywood, appeared in over 30 films beginning in 1941 for 20th Century Fox, MGM, Columbia, and RKO. She appeared in the films Night Editor (1946) and Framed (1947) with Glenn Ford and the Flying Leathernecks (1951) with John Wayne. After leaving Los Angeles, Carter returned to New York and found work in television in comedies, dramas, and as hostess for the quiz show Feather Your Nest, opposite Bud Collyer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Janis Carter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Flying Leathernecks

as Joan Kirby
Released: 1951-08-28

Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go...

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Santa Fe

as Judith Chandler
Released: 1951-04-01

After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find...

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Framed

as Paula Craig
Released: 1947-05-25

Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig...

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The Woman on Pier 13

as Christine Norman
Released: 1950-06-15

Communists blackmail a shipping executive into spying for them.

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A Thousand and One Nights

as Harem Girl
Released: 1945-07-20

On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp...

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Thunder Birds

as Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee
Released: 1942-10-28

On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War I pilot Steve Britt trains flyers to fight in...

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Lady of Burlesque

as Janine
Released: 1943-05-01

After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work...

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Cadet Girl

as Mary Moore
Released: 1941-11-28

A West Point cadet and his bandleader brother fall for a singer in the band.

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I Love Trouble

as Mrs. Caprillo aka Jane Breeger aka Janie Joy
Released: 1948-01-15

A wealthy man hires a detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past.

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The Missing Juror

as Alice Hill
Released: 1944-11-16

A newsman tracks down a phantom killer of murder-trial jurors.

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The Half-Breed

as Helen Dowling
Released: 1952-05-03

An Apache of mixed blood tries to make peace between Indians and whites.

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My Forbidden Past

as Corinne Lucas
Released: 1951-04-25

An 1890s New Orleans heiress tries to buy a married doctor's love with her tainted family fortune.

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Night Editor

as Jill Merrill
Released: 1946-03-29

A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.

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A Woman of Distinction

as Teddy Evans
Released: 1950-03-16

Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter...

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The Power of the Whistler

as Jean Lang
Released: 1945-04-19

A woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar,...

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Slightly French

as Louisa Gayle
Released: 1949-02-02

A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a...

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The Notorious Lone Wolf

as Carla Winter
Released: 1946-02-14

Ex-thief Lone Wolf and his valet don turbans to solve a museum jewel theft.

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One Mysterious Night

as Dorothy Anderson
Released: 1944-10-21

After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to...

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And Baby Makes Three

as Wanda York
Released: 1949-12-02

A recently divorced couple see things differently after learning they are going to be parents.

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That Other Woman

as Constance Powell
Released: 1942-11-13

A secretary by the name of Emily Borden comes up with a convoluted plan to get her boss to marry...

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Miss Grant Takes Richmond

as Peggy Donato
Released: 1949-10-20

A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up...

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Swing Out the Blues

as Dena Marshall
Released: 1943-12-23

The film is partly a parody of The Goodwill Court, a popular radio problem hosted by...

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The Fighting Guardsman

as Christine Roualt
Released: 1946-01-04

A French Baron robs Louis XVI like Robin Hood.

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I Married an Angel

as Sufi
Released: 1942-07-09

A playboy drops his many girlfriends when he falls in love with a grounded angel.

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The Mark of the Whistler

as Patricia Henley
Released: 1944-10-09

A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men...

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Just Off Broadway

as Lillian Hubbard
Released: 1942-08-28

Private detective Michael Shayne is on the case again, but this time he's stuck on a jury for a...

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The Girl in the Case

as Myra Warner
Released: 1944-04-20

William Warner is a lawyer who is famous for his skill at opening any kind of lock, making him a...

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The Ghost That Walks Alone

as Enid Turner
Released: 1944-02-10

Honeymooners find a dead radio producer in their suite.

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Who Is Hope Schuyler?

as Vesta Hadden
Released: 1942-04-17

A girl reporter is trying to tack down the lady-in-the-title, as a key witness in a graft trial,...

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Secret Agent of Japan

as Doris Poole
Released: 1942-04-03

World War II espionage drama, starring Preston Foster and Lynn Bari.

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One Way to Love

as Josie Hart
Released: 1946-01-08

A Chicago team of radio scriptwriters must split up when he takes a job with his bride-to-be's...

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Lights Out

as uncredited
First aired: 1949-07-19

Lights Out was an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a...

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Suspense

as uncredited
First aired: 1949-01-06

Suspense is an American television anthology series that ran on CBS Television from 1949 to...

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